Comment & Opinion

Other Voices: I am woman, see me vote
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 16, 2026
My mom would come home from work having ridden a packed subway and remind my dad on Election Day that they still had to vote. So they would force them...
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Read the room, Mr. Don Boyd
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER marcie@oleantimesherald.com 
Oct 16, 2026
Do you ever find yourself screaming at inanimate objects? Sports fans, I know that's a yes. I always have giggled a bit when people "help out" the mov...
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Waste of the Day: Transpo center delayed 28 years
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 15, 2026
Congress began funding a transportation research center at South Carolina State University in 1998. Twenty-eight years later, most of the project is s...
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The gift of fall as time passes
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Oct 15, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The king was dead and the monarchy abolished. All political power now rested in the National Convention, and religious authorities ...
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The US cannot lose its energy advantage
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By EDWARD CROSS Chicago Tribune 
Oct 15, 2026
CHICAGO (TNS) — Debate continues across the country on our nation’s energy future. What is our best energy policy going forward? Several factors contr...
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Other Voices: No Kings rally Oct. 17
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 14, 2026
Elections determine the course of the United States. Elections empower politicians to set policies that shape our everyday lives. As voters, we choose...
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Facing challenges with ‘grace for the race’
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Oct 14, 2026
How do you react when you know something is coming up that will challenge you? When you realize you will have to face something difficult? I’ve never ...
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Other Voices: My choice for the 15th
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 14, 2026
Living in Potter County means knowing the value of community, but it also means seeing how Washington’s neglect hits our daily lives. From the grocery...
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Waste of the Day: School gym sees 7 people daily
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 13, 2026
New Jersey’s largest school district spent $566,000 on an employee fitness center that averages just seven users per day, according to an Oct. 1 repor...
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It’s time for state lawmakers to rethink the mobile home
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By EMILY HAMILTON Tribune News Service 
Oct 13, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Manufactured housing, colloquially known as the “mobile home,” has a reputation for low quality, but that stereotype is outdated. A...
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Why China cares about Ark. data centers
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GREG KILEY RealClearPolitics 
Oct 12, 2026
Today, China is trying to slow the pace of data center development across the country, including in states across the nation like Georgia, Virginia an...
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Waste of the Day: SSA ignored income alerts
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Oct 09, 2026
In September 2024, automated computer systems flagged more than 400,000 people who were potentially wrongly receiving Social Security checks. Employee...
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Why bowl together when you can scroll alone?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Oct 09, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Bowling has seen better days. Lucky Strike Entertainment Corp., the dominant player in the business, has lost nearly half of its mark...
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What America’s naval power bought the world
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOHN DUFFY Los Angeles Times 
Oct 08, 2026
(TNS) — Commercial shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed. Before the war with Iran, approximately 125 commercial vessels passed ...
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Republicans running 2020 election deniers in key states
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Oct 08, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The Supreme Court’s decision blocking the Trump plan to use the Post Office to screen mail ballot applications has removed one of t...
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